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11th March 2010
Business fails the compliance test:  98% of businesses failing to use software asset management (SAM) to reduce risk of legal non-compliance

Over 98% of UK businesses are failing to use software asset management (SAM) to help reduce the legal risk of non-compliance, according to research undertaken by IDC and commissioned by the Software Industry Research Board (SIRB). Of the 400 organisations that participated in the survey, a staggering 98.75% did not see legal compliance as a crucial corporate objective driving SAM corporate policies. When asked "What goals is your organisation trying to achieve with your SAM pr...
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18th February 2010
The One Essential Software Management and Licensing Conference 2010 helps businesses reduce risk and IT costs

- With a brighter economic outlook for the UK in 2010, the conference allows senior finance and IT professionals to gain insight and practical advice from fellow professionals and an expert panel - Following the success of the inaugural event in 2009, the one essential Software Management and Licensing Conference will take place on Wednesday 21st, April 2010 at the Madejski Stadium in Reading. This annual one-day event is organised by the Software Industry Research Board (SIRB). The theme of...
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17th February 2010
Wibu-Systems Ltd joins software industry organisation FAST

Wibu-Systems Ltd, which provides protection for software, documents, video and audio media against unauthorised copying and tampering, access protection for PCs and web authentication, has become the latest member of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), who represents the UK software industry. Wibu-Systems is joining FAST to support its campaign against the illegal use of software in UK-based organisations. In joining, Wibu-Systems is demonstrating its commitment to the drive against...
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26th January 2010
Firms still shy of the Cloud says research backed by Cloud Industry Forum

The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), the new industry association formed to bring trust to cloud computing, today called for cloud service providers to demonstrate openness and good practices to enable the market to trust cloud computing. New research from Forrester, whose report ‘Business Users Are Not Ready For Cloud Storage’ claims that a majority of firms are not yet enthused about moving their storage to cloud services. According to CIF group chairman Andy Burton, also chief execu...
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22nd January 2010
Clarification Statement: FAST IiS and FAST Ltd are not related

The Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software (FAST IiS) and FAST Ltd, the independent authority on Software Asset Management and IT Compliance are two independent trading entities with no formal commercial or financial links outside the licensing of the FAST brand name. John Lovelock, Chief Executive of FAST IiS, stated: “FAST Limited was acquired initially by the CS Group in May 2007, which was in turn acquired by the IRIS Group in July 2007 and since that time there...
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15th January 2010
Research shows illegal downloading rising in the workplace, putting UK companies at risk of litigation

FAST IiS, champion of legal software use, is concerned by new research that shows employees are treating their work computers like their home machines. Security firm ScanSafe’s internet data research shows a 55 percent rise in workers trying to download illegal software and other content on the work network. FAST has previously noted that IT environments where illegal use of peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing takes place, a common method of accessing pirated software, are often lacking in othe...
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6th January 2010
New Legal Advisory Group to tackle digital software issues

- FLAG group initiated to advise and inform on digital legal issues - New to FAST, the FLAG Digital Group has been created to de-mystify the issues around digital law for software. The aim is for the working group to investigate and report on digital matters and for the law firm members to be available for consultation. FLAG is the Federation Against Software Theft’s (FAST) Legal Advisory Group, established shortly after FAST was founded in 1984, and consists of lawyers from many of ...
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11th December 2009
UK public lacks awareness of protecting their online data

Software body bemoans lack of best practice and basic copyright awareness among UK computer users A recent report by the British Computing Society that only 20 percent of UK residents know how to protect their data online is no surprise according to John Lovelock, chief executive of the Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software (FAST IiS). Lovelock believes user inexperience causes a wealth of potential computing problems: “It’s a sad fact that while informati...
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9th December 2009
The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference 2010 helps businesses reduce risk and IT costs

- With a brighter economic outlook for the UK in 2010, the conference allows senior finance and IT professionals to gain insight and practical advice from fellow professionals and an expert panel - Following the success of the inaugural event in 2009, the UK’s second national software licensing and management conference will take place on Wednesday 21st, April 2010 at the Madejski Stadium in Reading. This annual one-day event is being organised by the Software Industry Research Board (S...
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30th November 2009
EU to hobble UK copyright anti-piracy law before birth?

European MPs vote on new telecoms law as UK gets its own off the ground FAST urgently responded to the European Parliament’s telecoms and Internet reform package with concern. The not-for-profit software organisation that promotes the legitimate use of software had supported the UK’s recently published Digital Economy Bill that seeks, amongst other things, to restrain the activities of persistent pilfering of software. Julian Heathcote Hobbins, General Counsel at FAST said: &ld...
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About FAST IiS

In September 2008 the Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software joined forces to advocate distilled, simplified and unified messaging on software asset management (SAM) and software licence management (SLM) best practice to the end user community. The strength of the two reputable brands encapsulates a holistic approach to driving the professional use of software across the industry and the globe.
The Federation Against Software Theft was formed in 1984; it was the first organisation globally to champion the professional management of legitimate software and protect publisher.s rights. It aims to reduce, restrict and or lessen the incidence of unauthorised dealings in computer software.

The Federation by way of the FAST IiS brand is a not-for-profit organisation that is limited by guarantee and wholly owned by its members. It works on many fronts to promote the legitimate use of software and protect its members. rights through education, enforcement, lobbying and promoting standards and best practice in business. www.fastiis.org

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